Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Bingo! The internet is behaving this evening and I could upload these three images without suffering too much! In fact, I took several biz calls while I was at it.... thereby saving precious time. I am feeling extraordinarily virtuous right now. Indulge me! In that spirit, let me share the sweet moments you can easily discern in these pictures. The beautiful little girl dressed in a Kandyian saree posed for Arundhati right outside her sunday morning religious class close to the Buddhist temple you see alongside. There was a magnificent Bodh tree in the courtyard, going back several hundred years. Our friend Shyamalee Tudawe was kind enough to spend her sunday with us, even though that is perhaps the only day of the frenzied week she has entirely to herself and her wonderful family.My picture was also taken by Arundhati in Bentota as we waited for our chauffeur to show up. He'd disappeared without a trace, leaving us pretty stranded outside a gorgeous antique store crammed with amazing Dutch Colonial furniture. I'd do anything to acquire one of those gigantic teak chests - large enough to host a party in! I have some more lovely, lovely images that tell a vivid story about our many discoveries in and around Galle. Especially the one which saw us wading into thigh high water in order to get to our stunning lunch destination at Taprobane island. It is the only way to access this incredible, lush and gorgeous property, which miraculously survived the Tsunami without any damage. While we timidly and gingerly made our way through the very waters that had caused such devastation, we half-wondered what our fate would be if there was another Tsunami at that exact moment. Morbid! Well, the terrific Sri Lankan repast served on a balcony kissed by a Flamboyante tree in full bloom, made up for all our fears. And then some. When it was time to wade back to the shore, we thought we'd become absolute experts at negotiating the swirling waters. Perhaps we had. If you still want to see those funny pics of us holding our flip flops over our heads - you know what to do. Same drill - just raise your hands.

25 comments:

Maa de,yes more pictures please ! i liked the beautiful( sweet) girl pic . Maa de your skin is very good ( well maintained ) if compared with mine you will win even though iam half of your age. i remember you said soon you will be coming up with book dealing with taking care of body.... though i remember few tips from your books i have read - keep your skin scrupulously clean , excercise tones muscles i follow both.

u are damn hot yaar! i envy your hubby.i told u so in twitter as well.your age seems to be diminishing day by day.is that a positive sign or negative? only u can feel it.is ur husband accompan ying u on the tour? if not,he's unlucky like me!

Hands raised! Would love to check out the fun you had in Sri Lanka. The little girl looks cute in her outfit... And for the above comments, I'd like to tell everyone that she was a model back then and still very well maintained!!!

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